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VAMFF2016 Day 7 Street Style

March 20, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

What a brilliant finale to VAMFF, and I couldn’t have done it without YOU.

Thank you so much for letting me stop you on the streets for a snap, and the many great conversations we have had. Thanks for all the Insta comments, the hugs and kisses on the streets, the shout outs and most of all, my WOO fam for putting up with my late night editing.

I am a little sad that VAMFF is now over, but I’m super pumped for Sydney Fashion Week. The excitement even spurred me to secure my flights to NYC, so I’ll be heading to New York Fashion Week in September as well. Woooootttt!

Anyway, thanks for tuning in. Until then, see you at MBFWA xxx

(c) All images are created and copyrighted to Karen Woo. Please email hello@karenwoo.com.au for usage rights, thank you.

VAMFF 2016 Street Style DAY 3

March 10, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

There isn’t really any right or wrong answer on how to dress for street style, just as long as you are feeling it, then you know you have a winner. It’s always about putting pieces together and seeing what works and what doesn’t, making minor tweaks, and trust me your room will be a complete mess by the end of it.

The reason I enjoy capturing street style photography is because I love getting style inspiration from the streets. I get excited when I see someone interpreting a trend their own creative way, and that’s what makes fashion so much more interesting. Before I forget can I please emphasise or even apologise that if you see me on the street and I don’t stop you to take your snap, it doesn’t mean that I don’t dig your outfit it’s because:

I may be looking for something specific for my client (ie, WSGN)
I’ve taken a whole heap of street looks that has started to look the same same earlier in the day so I’m looking for that look with that extra edge
I may have already taken your picture and you didn’t see (but this only happens during fashion week. I will only snap if you give me your consent!)
I completely missed you 🙁

All in all, be happy and stay true to your style. Style is the outer, it’s what inside really counts. Don’t dress to be snapped but because it’s gives us confidence – it really shows!

Thank you so much Melissa Singer from FairFax Media for the feature alongside with the incredible Melbourne Street Style photographer, Liz Sunshine of Street Smith!

Read our online feature here.

VAMFF Street Style Day 2

March 9, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

Melbourne’s heat surely turned up a notch. It was ridiculously hot, but that didn’t cramp their style.

Though monochrome is still dominating the streets of VAMFF, it was great to see a mix of eye-catching colour and textures tonight.

Here are some of my faves…x

All images are copyright licensed to Karen Woo. Please email hello@karenwoo.com.au for permission, thank you x

Living on the Edge

March 6, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

It really isn’t that hard to believe that we do live in one of the world’s most liveable city. Melbourne is the epicentre of coffee, food, art, sport and music culture. Over the past years, I’ve noticed a peak increase of cars jamming up our roads, housing prices sky rocketing, childcare waiting lists nearing 2 years and blogging becoming the norm, the way of life.

I recently finished reading this biography book, “In order to live” by a young North Korean girl called YEONMI PARK who recalls her tale about the hardships, the starvation, the violence and propaganda she had to endure, in order to fight for freedom. She was “living on the edge” practically everyday. Though her struggles were incomparable to my life – but it’s a reminder to me to stop complaining, take a moment and appreciate all the little things. I need to remind myself daily to count every blessing, every experience with the biggest gratitude and smile. It’s always good to put things back into perspective and not get caught up in this fickle world of materialism.

So how fitting it was when Eureka Skydeck88, the Edge invited Melanie (@theTiaFox) and I to see and capture Melbourne at a different perspective. It was actually something I’ve been meaning to do for a long while but never made time for it, even when I lived at Eureka back in 2008! We rocked up at 4pm (tips: park at Crown, and wait till sunset), took the elevator to the 88th floor and stepped into the Edge which slowly pulled out from the building. Before we knew it, we were suspended nearly 300 meters over Melbourne city in a glass cube – glass walls, ceiling and floor, and we had 10 whole minutes to ourselves.

Though I wished we just stood there and soak in the majestic city views, we were too busy scrambling around the cube for the quickest fashion shoot EVER! But seriously it was all worth it. I’ll do anything for great snaps.

Enjoy xx

Just imagining what my office life be like on SkyDeck88 – haha!

MELANIE is wearing BCBGMXAZRIA blazer and detachable skirt // TONY BIANCO strappy heels

I’m wearing VIKTORIA + WOODS ribbed knit dress // H&M denim shirt // BEAU COOPER mules

All White Everything at Le Diner En Blanc 2016

February 29, 2016Karen Woo Leave a Comment

Diner en Blanc, a sea of people dressed in all-white popped up at a secret location which was only revealed hours before the event. Around 1,500 guests brought with them their table settings, chairs, cutlery and food and parked themselves at the Waterfront City, Dockland. It was definitely one of the largest pop-events I have ever seen, with free-flowing bottles of Fiji water, boxes of sandwiches and nibbles packed by the Atlantic Group and live entertainment. This concept began 26 years ago in Paris, and in most recent times, everywhere around the world has taken part of this phenomena.

The most memorable part of the night was the waving of their napkins to kick start the dinner, the lighting of the sparkles to end the night; and of-course spotting my favourite white outfits as seen below.

Thank you Vincent of @Your_Ensemble for my snap.

I’m wearing River Island quartered length blazer, Subtitled Frayed Shirt, Lulu & Rose high waisted shorts, COS sheer patterned socks, Stan Smiths x Adidas sneakers and Louis Vuitton shoulder bag}

Thank you ThatComms for having us at the Diners Le Blanc event xx